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You can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline. Ed Forry learned that lesson again, on his tenth time as publisher and editor of the Dorchester Day supplement to the weekly Dorchester Argus-Citizen. The year was 1983, and the insert’s red-white-and-black cover saluted a high point of the preceding twelve months with a lead photo of President Ronald Reagan
Frank O’Brien, a Neponset native who documented the highs and lows of the local sports scene for the Boston Globe for more than 40 years, died on March 29 – his birthday —at age 82. He was buried out of St. Ann’s on Monday after a jam-packed wake in Milton drew bold-faced names from the world of journalism and hundreds of his neighbors past and present from the slopes of
By Ed ForryBoston Irish Publisher The month of Saint Patrick is here at last. Boston’s Irish stay connected with many events throughout the year, at the Irish Cultural Centre, the Irish Pastoral Centre, the Rian Center for Immigrants, and gatherings at pubs and parishes, where we celebrate and sustain the Irish heritage. This month, there are many more places where
In large parts across America, last Sunday was a day to get ready for the Super Bowl that night, but for the Ashmont community, it was a day to grieve the loss of a long-vital neighborhood institution. When first conceived and brought to life by well-known Boston chef Chris Douglass some 18 years ago, the Ashmont Grill on Talbot Avenue revitalized the area around its Peabody
From its origins, this event has been a celebration of our shared Irish heritage with an emphasis on men and women— past and present— who have excelled and inspired us with their personal and professional achievements, generous spirit, wisdom and wit. Over the last dozen years, some of Irish America’s best-known and beloved people and families have graced the Seaport ballroom